NaQ's Complete Setup Guide for Linux Seedboxes (Fedora Core/CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu)

Followed this guide a second time for another leaseweb express server. Things went pretty well. I chose tightvncserver, last time vncsever wouldn't work and I went with vnc4server which works fine.
Installing Flash support didn't work. Goggle quickly gave me a method which was fine.

Yea, like the above user I have a leaseweb box and the VNC server in the tutorial wont work so I'm just wondering how I can set up a different one (this is my first time to do this)

Anyone experiencing connections problems with other OVH local peers when seeding from an OVH server?
Using latest wine + utorrent 1.8, it seems to drop connections from other ovh boxes...

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Originally Posted by zeb7s

Yea, like the above user I have a leaseweb box and the VNC server in the tutorial wont work so I'm just wondering how I can set up a different one (this is my first time to do this)

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Replacing vncserver with tightvncserver is real easy. Wherever you see "vncserver" in the guide, replace it with "tightvncserver".

So you will need to

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apt-get install tightvncserver

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set up the desktop the same as in the guide.

And to start it

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tightvncserver: 1

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One your desktop it doesn't matter whether you use realvncviewer or tightvncviewer.

if someone could edit the tutorial would be better.

cheers

Naq amazing job man, god bless you :)
I didnt have any trouble cause i am familiar with networking and linux.


For all those who complains not seeing firefox in the menu, me too. Just type firefox in an xterm window and it will run.

thanks again

thanks again for this guide. after following it, everything works perfect. but i've used 28% of my 250GB HD. is this normal?

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Originally Posted by kraudlem

Thank you very much naq. I've been following the tutorial word for word till now, but I'm stuck at number 7. The server always tells me(when I try to put in the openssl command): -bash: openssl: command not found
I have a kimsufi with debian. Can someone tell me what I do wrong?

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I'm having this same exact issue. Google hasn't provided any good instructions on how to install openssl.. Can anyone help?

I'm using puTTy and logged in as root.

try: apt-get install openssl

Hey naq, can I use this tutorial for my leaseweb debian box?

Yes.

thanks for the guide. i managed to set up my box.

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Originally Posted by naq

try: apt-get install openssl

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That was it naq!

Thanks for your help and thanks for this excellent guide.

AWESOME tutorial, but

Im getting some errors here.

Firefox is not in the menu and when I write firefox in xterm I get this error
Error: Cairo does not yet support the requested image format.

When I try to start firestarter I get like 1000 error popups and this error in xterm:
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:


Edit: I solved it by adding -depth 24 in vnc

Great guide naq.
Quik question though. After following the guide i can't seem to use FTP to upload anything. Is there a way to change permissions or something so that I can create folders and upload data via ftp?

I'm using Debian 4.0 (etch) and FlashFXP.

All right, I managed to connect via FTP, but where is the Downloads folder. It takes me to a folder which has .vnc, .wine, .fluxbox, etc. folders.

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Originally Posted by Lincoln

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# yum install wine
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do

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# wine utorrent.exe
bash: wine: command not found

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First, I would like to say thanks for the great tutorial.

This is my first time trying to set this up, I got the same error, and Lincoln did mention that Wine doesnt run well in Centos 5 64bit, so Im stuck now at the step to install utorrent.

Any help? Thanks in advance.

EDIT : Got it

I found this page http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/...topic_id=14987

Apparently I just need to add #rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...5-3.noarch.rpm and install wine after that.

Hiya
How come I keep getting all this whenever I type in the iptables -t filter -L

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Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target    prot opt source              destination
ACCEPT    tcp  --  localhost.localdomain  anywhere            tcp flags:!FIN,SYN,RST,ACK/SYN
ACCEPT    udp  --  localhost.localdomain  anywhere
ACCEPT    tcp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  anywhere            tcp flags:!FIN,SYN,RST,ACK/SYN
ACCEPT    udp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  anywhere
ACCEPT    tcp  --  cdns.ovh.net        anywhere            tcp flags:!FIN,SYN,RST,ACK/SYN
ACCEPT    udp  --  cdns.ovh.net        anywhere
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere
ACCEPT    icmp --  anywhere            anywhere            limit: avg 10/sec burst 5
DROP      all  --  anywhere            255.255.255.255
DROP      all  --  anywhere            ##.###.#.###
DROP      all  --  255.255.255.255      anywhere
DROP      all  --  anywhere            default
DROP      all  --  anywhere            anywhere            state INVALID
LSI        all  -f  anywhere            anywhere            limit: avg 10/min burst 5
INBOUND    all  --  anywhere            anywhere
LOG_FILTER  all  --  anywhere            anywhere
LOG        all  --  anywhere            anywhere            LOG level info prefix `Unknown Input'
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target    prot opt source              destination
ACCEPT    icmp --  anywhere            anywhere            limit: avg 10/sec burst 5
LOG_FILTER  all  --  anywhere            anywhere
LOG        all  --  anywhere            anywhere            LOG level info prefix `Unknown Forward'
Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP)
target    prot opt source              destination
ACCEPT    tcp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  localhost.localdomain tcp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    udp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  localhost.localdomain udp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  ks#####.kimsufi.com tcp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    udp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  ks#####.kimsufi.com udp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  cdns.ovh.net        tcp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    udp  --  ks#####.kimsufi.com  cdns.ovh.net        udp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere
DROP      all  --  255.255.255.255      anywhere
DROP      all  --  anywhere            default
DROP      all  --  anywhere            anywhere            state INVALID
OUTBOUND  all  --  anywhere            anywhere
LOG_FILTER  all  --  anywhere            anywhere
LOG        all  --  anywhere            anywhere            LOG level info prefix `Unknown Output'
Chain INBOUND (1 references)
target    prot opt source              destination
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpts:54320:54322
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpts:54320:54322
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:5901
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:5901
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:ssh
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:ssh
LSI        all  --  anywhere            anywhere
Chain LOG_FILTER (5 references)
target    prot opt source              destination
Chain LSI (2 references)
target    prot opt source              destination
LOG_FILTER  all  --  anywhere            anywhere
LOG        tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp flags:FIN,SYN,RST,ACK/SYN limit: avg 1/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `Inbound '
DROP      tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp flags:FIN,SYN,RST,ACK/SYN
LOG        tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp flags:FIN,SYN,RST,ACK/RST limit: avg 1/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `Inbound '
DROP      tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp flags:FIN,SYN,RST,ACK/RST
LOG        icmp --  anywhere            anywhere            icmp echo-request limit: avg 1/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `Inbound '
DROP      icmp --  anywhere            anywhere            icmp echo-request
LOG        all  --  anywhere            anywhere            limit: avg 5/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `Inbound '
DROP      all  --  anywhere            anywhere
Chain LSO (0 references)
target    prot opt source              destination
LOG_FILTER  all  --  anywhere            anywhere
LOG        all  --  anywhere            anywhere            limit: avg 5/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `Outbound '
REJECT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere            reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
Chain OUTBOUND (1 references)
target    prot opt source              destination
ACCEPT    icmp --  anywhere            anywhere
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere

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When I type in
iptables -F

The server gets stuck and I can't do anything?
BTW I stuck those #'s in there

Everything has been working fine for me for months now...

I just reinstalled my (local) machine and now I can't seem to connect with VNC. SSH works fine, I have the tunnel setting correct in PuTTY, vncserver is active, but when I run VNC Viewer I get the error:
unable to connect to host: Connection refused (10061)

Any ideas?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Solved, I had "5901:localhost" in the PuTTY SSH tunnel settings instead of "localhost:5901"
<---Idiot

>_<

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Originally Posted by Ion

Great guide naq.
Quik question though. After following the guide i can't seem to use FTP to upload anything. Is there a way to change permissions or something so that I can create folders and upload data via ftp?

I'm using Debian 4.0 (etch) and FlashFXP.

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You need to uncomment the following in /etc/vsftpd.conf:

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# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES

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An unrelated tip that might help someone, you don't have to log in to have everything start up after reboot / crash. Simply add:

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wine ~/utorrent.exe &

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to ~/.fluxbox/startup just before the line:

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# And last but not least we start fluxbox.

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which will automatically startup utorrent when fluxbox starts (which is when vnc server starts).

To start VNC server automatically, add:

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su - username1 -c "vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1"
su - username2 -c "vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :2"

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and so forth to /etc/rc.local

This way, when the server boots, after everything is loaded the vnc servers start (and if you followed the guide you'll already have "startfluxbox" in ~/.vnc/xstartup) which causes fluxbox to start, which causes wine / utorrent to start. :)

Hi

in the guide u say to post here if I can't connect via VNC
well it gives me an error when trying to connect and I checked and there is no firewall
and editing the hosts file didn't do the job as well

what more can I do??

plz help

I am having the same problem as a couple of other users here. All seems ok up to step 6, but when I enter my password in and vnc viewer, the resulting desktop is BLANK!!

Any ideas? I have been searching the internet for hours now! I have tried logging in on both XP and Visat, same thing happens!

You have to make sure startfluxbox is in ~/.vnc/xstartup
also make sure -depth is between 8 and 24

Thanks for the help, but managed to sort it out... Turns out the install line from the guide didn't work, so had to install fluxbox, works fine now :)

well the web ui is loading up real slow I ean when I try to enter the http://yourip:xxxx/gui it takes like 20 min just to ask me for my user:pass
and it spends more time loading after that in fact it's been 45 min now and I still haven't be able to get in
anyone know why??

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Originally Posted by Cleaner

well the web ui is loading up real slow I ean when I try to enter the http://yourip:xxxx/gui it takes like 20 min just to ask me for my user:pass
and it spends more time loading after that in fact it's been 45 min now and I still haven't be able to get in
anyone know why??

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Try remove webui.zip and replace it and restart utorrent. I did have tha same problem after a reinstall.

thnx a zillion and one.

Hi, Could someone help me with this?

What would be the best way to set up multiple utorrent web ui's on one server and limit there hard drive space and active torrents?

Would it be as easy as making a new user on the server and putting a disk quota limit on the account then opening up vnc and just running utorrent on another port? how would i limit there torrents without them being able to change them?

Here is a link to how to setup disk quota for debian:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/47

If you limit an user to only the WebUI interface, you can remove the Preferences button, but the user can still change settings. See here:

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic....364122#p364122

Look into TorrentFlux if you want a real multi-user interface.

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Originally Posted by naq

Here is a link to how to setup disk quota for debian:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/47

If you limit an user to only the WebUI interface, you can remove the Preferences button, but the user can still change settings. See here:

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic....364122#p364122

Look into TorrentFlux if you want a real multi-user interface.

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Thank you very much, but for giving say four people there own utorrent web ui's would it be as easy as just giving them each a different port?

Yes. A separate port for each uTorrent.

Great guide NAQ, it's very straightforward. However, I've run into a problem. At Step 7, when I try to set up the FTP portion of the server, things dont seem to be working. I am using Debian on a Leaseweb box btw. This is the step I'm stuck at:

Here, we need to enter the root password to switch to the root user.

Create a new SSH certificate for VSFTPD:

Code:
# openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /root/vsftpd.pem -out /root/vsftpd.pem

When I type this in, i get the error "bash: openssl: command not found

EDIT: I've also made another mistake; I mistakedly right clicked in the main gui and clicked exit. Now all it says is "ressFamily not implemented!" every time i connect with tightvnc viewer. To be more specific, I can connect, but I can't do anything any more.

Your server needs openssl:

# apt-get install openssl

You'll have to restart the vncserver for your second issue.

$ vncserver -kill :1
$ vncserver :1

How can i exactly downgrande from 1.1.1 to 0.9.25 version of wine ?

I keep getting low peer connections.

OS: Debian 4.0 (Etch)

Thanks in advance.

You can try the following:

- Stop the running uTorrent
- Uninstall wine:
# apt-get --purge remove wine
- remove the budgetdedicated.com repo:
# rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list
- Install the older wine:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install wine

It worked.

My server is now running again at full speed - 10 or 11 MB/s up and down.

Big thanks. :cool:

Thanks naq, it worked for me. However, I have a new problem now. I've installed both firefox and vlc but when i try to launch them i get this error:

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sh-3.1$ firefox
Error: Cairo does not yet support the requested image format:
        Depth: 8
        Alpha mask: 0x00000000
        Red  mask: 0x00000007
        Green mask: 0x00000038
        Blue  mask: 0x000000c0
Please file an enhacement request (quoting the above) at:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=cairo
firefox-bin: /build/buildd/libcairo-1.2.4/src/cairo-image-surface.c:155: _cairo_format_from_pixman_format: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.
Aborted

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That's a known bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4945

I think the simple fix is to restart vncserver with the -depth syntax, try:

$vncserver -kill :1
$vncserver -depth 16 :1

Thanks naq !!!
I have problems with settung up the VNC Desktop.
When I type in "vncserver :1" it says:
"-bash: vncserver: command not found"

What should I do?

install it :D